Valery ANDRUSHIN
General Director
VKM- Trans

He graduated from Moscow State University of Railway Engineering in 1976. His career has been connected with railway transport since 1969. He worked as an assistant station-master, deputy head of a station, Deputy Head of department of department of Moscow branch. In 1981-1994 he held managing positions in the Ministry of Transport of USSR and Russia. He held the post of Deputy General Director at Lukoil Trans for 4 years, was at the head of the leading transport companies for 9 years.
Valery held the post of General Director of VKM Trans, a transport company of the Group of Companies “VKM”.
The Ministry of Transport of USSR awarded Valery Andrushin a title of an Honorable worker of Railway industry in 1986. The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation awarded Valery Andrushin a title of an Honorable worker of Transport Industry of Russia in 2008.

Igor ARTEMYEV
Deputy General Director for Strategic Development of Seaports
FSUE “Rosmorport”

Born in 1971.
He graduated from St. Petersburg State University with a degree in history.  He began his career in 1994.
In January 2003- March 2007 he was a member of the General Court of St. Petersburg of the 3rd convocation, Chairman of the Committee on Transport complex.   
In Marh 2007- May 2008 he held the post of Deputy Head of Administration of Frunzensky District of St. Petersburg Government.
In May 2008- June 2009 he held the post of an Adviser to Chairman of the General Court of St. Petersburg for Finance.  
In June 2009- August 2009 Igor held the post of Deputy General Director of FSUE “Rosmorport”.
In August 2009 has become Deputy General Director for Strategic Development of Seaports.

Evgeny BOGDANOV
Principal at A.T. Kearney, Leader of Transportation and Automotive Practice in Russia and CIS
A.T. Kearney

Bogdanov got his degree with Honors in foreign languages and information analysis from Military Institute in 1995. In 1997 he graduated with Honors from American Institute of Business and Economics.
Before joining A.T. Kearney Evgeny served in the Russian Army, developed strategy in “LUKoil-Neftegazstroy”. He made his way through the ranks from Business Analyst to Principal, he is core team member of the A.T. Kearney Transportation practice.
Evgeny managed project to develop strategy, assess markets, develop business plans, design cost cutting programs for domestic an international companies in the transportation sector. Evgeny’s clients include airlines, railway operators, leasing companies active in the transportation sector.

Nikolay BOCHKAREV
Head of the Central Management of Freight Carriage Service and Maintenance
Branch of Russian Railways

He graduated from Khabarovsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers in 1987.
In 1977 worked as a controller in a railways car shed Chita-2 of the Trans-Baikal Railway.
In 1980-1986 worked as a Head of  passenger carriages of Chita-2 car shed  of the Trans-Baikal Railway, Head of technical maintenance section, Deputy Head of railway car shed on Hilock Railway Station.
From 1986 till 1997 worked as a Deputy Head of Chita Department of the Trans-Baikal Railway,  Head of Mogocha railway car shed, Head of Railway car shed of Slyudyanka Station of East-Siberian Railway.
From 1997 till 2002 worked as the First Deputy head of the carriages` Service and Maintenance Department of East-Siberian Railway, Head of Department for Railway carriages Service and Maintenance of Northern- Caucasian Railway, Head of Directorate of Vagonremmash of the Ministry of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
In 2002-2005 he held the post of the Head of Department for Passengers Transportations of the Ministry of Transport of Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Railway Transport of the CIS countries.
Since 2005 holds the post of the Head of the park of carriages.
Since 2009 holds the post of a Head of the Central Management of the Freight Carriage Service and Maintenance of the branch of Russian Railways.
Nikolay Bochkarev has a candidate`s degree in technical sciences.

Gamid BULATOV
Head of the Section of the Reform of Transport and Communication of the Department of the State Tariffs’ Regulation, Infrastructure and Energy Efficiency
Ministry of Economic Development of the RF

Born in 1967.
Graduated from Faculty of  Economics of  Lomonosov Moscow State  University in 2000.
From 1998 till 2004 worked for various consulting companies, including BDO Unicom, The Center of Economics of Natural Monopolies of  the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation.
From 2004 till 2009 held the posts of a chief specialist, consultant, advisor, Deputy Head and Head of the Section of the Reform of Transport and Communications of the department of the State Tariff Regulations, Infrastructure and Energy Efficiency of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Liliya CHUSOVSKAYA
Deputy Commercial Director
GC Baltic Leasing

Mrs. Chusovskaya was born in 1966.
She studied construction in the Industrial technical college of construction materials and components, LIIZT. For ten years Mrs. Chusovskaya worked at the Office of technical inventory of the Octyabrsy (Admiralteysky) region of St. Petersburg. In 1995 she changed her place of work to bank sector – dealt with credits, development of branch network, planning, internal control. In 2000 she graduated from the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI) (MBI) with specialization in “Finance and Credit”. She has been working at Group of Companies Baltic Leasing since October 2002. Mrs. Chusovskaya began her career at the company as a specialist of Commerce Department, now she is Deputy Commercial Director.

Georgy DAVYDOV
President
National Association of Transporters

Born in 1949.
In 1973 he graduated from the Moscow Forest-Technical Institute (MLTI), the department of electronics and computing machinery with the qualification of engineer in the sphere of automatics and teleautomatics.
In 1989 he graduated from the Advanced Training Institute of the All-Union Academy of Foreign Trade. He is PhD (doktor nauk) in economic science (1998), professor (2000 г.), full-fledged member of the International Transport Academy (1998), full-fledged member of the Russian Transport Academy (2003). He has 204 research works, 159 of them are published and 45 – reports on research activities. He is a professor of the chair for economy and organization at wood-working and wood chemical industry enterprises of the Moscow State Forest University.
He is president of the National Association of Transporters, head of the editorial staff of the Transport Information Bulletin magazine.
He is a member of the Presidium of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Ministry of Transport of Russia, member of the Expert Commission on Technical Regulation of the Ministry of Transport of Russia, expert councils on railway transport of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia concerning the questions of state regulation of the railway transport tariffs.
He is a member of the Expert-Consulting Council under the Federal Railway Transport Agency, member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry on transportation and shipping.
He is a member of Dissertation Council D 212.146.06 of the Moscow State Forest University, Specialty 08.00.05.
He is a member of the editorial staffs of RZD-Partner, Industrial Transport of XXI Century, and Management and Business Administration magazines.

Ilya DUDINSKY
Deputy General Director in Charge of All-Purpose Rolling Stock
New Forwarding Company

In 2001 He graduted from the Tsiolkovsky Moscow State Aviation Technology University. Mr. Dudinskiy also completed a course at the Academy of National Economy for the Government of the Russian Federation (specialization: Economics and Finance Director). He started his career in the transport industry in 2002. From 2004 till 2005 he headed up the Commercial Department of the New Forwarding Company OJSC. In June 2005 he was appointed Commercial Director of MMK-Trans LLC, and in November 2006 – Deputy General Director of the New Forwarding Company OJSC, in charge of all-purpose rolling stock operation.

Alexander ELISEEV
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Globaltrans Investment Pls

Mr Eliseev graduated from the Second Moscow Medical Institute, Russian State Medical University where he studied Biophysics.
In addition, Mr Eliseev has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Forwarding Company since 2003 and chairman of the Board of Directors of Sevtekhnotrans since 2007.   Mr Eliseev has more than 14 years of management experience; most of which was acquired in the railway industry.
Prior to joining the Group, Mr Eliseev worked for MMK-Trans as Chief Accountant from 1999 until 2000, then as Financial Director from 2000 until 2005 when he progressed to Deputy Director-General from 2005 to 2007. From December 1993 till February 1997 – has held various management positions in a number of companies. Mr Eliseev was a member of the Board of Directors at Neokont from August 2004 until February 2006 and a member of the Board of Directors at Firma Transgarant until 2006.
He has also been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ural Wagon Repair Company since 2006 and Fnancial Director of Logistical Transport since 2007.

Vitaly EVDOKIMENKO
Deputy Director
Federal Tariff Service

Born in 1962.
Graduated from the Rostov Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.
Since 1984 year he has been working in the railway branch. He worked on the Northern-Caucasian railway in shipping service of different sections.
In 1997-1998 – Director on railway transport of the Novorossiysk Commercial Seaport Company.
In 1998-2000– First Deputy of the Transport Service Center director - Director of the Novorossiysk Representation Office of the Northern-Caucasian Railway, deputy of the railway director – director of the Transport Service Center.
In 2000-2003– Director General of the Transport and Communications Department of the Krasnodar Territory.
In 2003-2004 – Deputy of the Chairman of the Federal Energy Commission of the Russian Federation.
Since July, 2004 – Deputy Director of the Federal Tariff Service.

Victor EVPAKOV
Vice-President, Executive Director
NP Soyuzgruzpromtrans

Mr. Evpakov graduated from the Mechanical Faculty of the Moscow Institute of Transport in 1962.
Mr. Evpakov worked at the Moscow railway as assistant to locomotive driver, universal fitter, shift locomotive foreman, locomotive driver, operating engineer.
In 1969 he joined the Institute of Complex Transport Problems under the State Planning Committee of the USSR.
In 1998 he got a position at the Federal Office for Transport Natural Monopoly Control, later he joined the Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy that was transformed into Federal Antimonopoly Service in 2004.
In July 2008 Mr. Evpakov became Vice-President, Executive Director of the NP Soyuzgruzpromtrans.

Daniel GIBLIN
General Director
EC Harris Built Asset Consultancy

Daniel Giblin is a Rail Infrastructure specialist with EC Harris Built Asset Consultancy, a British consultancy with a long history of providing clients with high quality Railway solutions.
EC Harris has an office in Moscow, Head Office in London and Branch offices worldwide. Daniel has extensive experience in the Rail sector having been a senior manager with British Rail and consultant to the World Bank, European Commission, European Bank for Reconstruction and a number of private sector clients. He has advised major Railways in Europe such as Deutshe Bahn, SNCF, Network Rail and earlier this year he chaired the Future of European Rail conference in Vienna. He has worked as a consultant in Russia on projects which include; the design of Sushary Terminal St. Petersburg, the Moscow Urban Transport strategy, Maersk Logistics terminal and the North South NOSTRAC corridor study.

Anatoly GOLOMOLZIN
Deputy Head
Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation

Born in 1960.
Graduated form the Irkutsk Polytechnical Institute and from the Academy of National Economy.
1983 - 1995 - worked for the Siberian Power Institute.
Since 1995 has been working for antimonopoly bodies.
On April, 16th, 2004 was appointed deputy head of the RF Federal Antimonopoly Service.

Andrey GOMON
General Director
Transoil

Graduated from the St. Petersburg State University in 1999, where he majored in economic theory.
His career started in 1997, when he headed the St. Petersburg affiliate of JMN CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION. He was later employed as the Sales Director at Khimkomplekt, and then successively occupied the positions of the deputy Director of the Baltic Chemical Company, the Commerce Director of Reaktiv (later AKA Reaktiv North-West) and General Manager of a Trade Center of Metro Cash&Carry.
He joined Transoil in 2003 as its deputy Director General for economics and finance. Presently, Andrey is company’s General Director.

Andrey GURIEV
First Deputy Editor-in-Chief
RZD-Partner magazine

Born in 1957.
He was educated at the Bologoye railway college and the History School of the Leningrad State University. He got his PhD in history after passing a postgraduate course at the same university. Work as an assistant engine driver, instructorship at the Leningrad Technological Institute.
In 1993 he was appointed Press Secretary of the Oktyabrskaya Railway
In 2001 joined the RZD-Partner first as its observer, then office editor, and then deputy Editor-in-Chief.
He was conferred the National Public Prize “Golden Chariot” in 2005 for merits in popularizing the transport industry in mass media.
PhD in history.

Innokenty IVANOV
Head of Infrastructure and Transport Group
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Moscow

Joined the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 1994 and is a senior lawyer in our Moscow office. Innokenty specialises in corporate law and project finance, in particular infrastructure development on the basis of public private partnerships (PPP). Innokenty has advised Russian Railways on a number of projects, including locomotive fleet renewal, loan procurement and various corporate issues.Since 1996 he has been involved in the structuring and implementation of most of the significant infrastructure projects in Russia, spanning transport infrastructure, energy infrastructure, public utilities and other sectors. Leading a team of Moscow-based PPP lawyers, he has acted for a variety of parties, in particular public sector and project sponsors. Innokenty holds a PhD in law and received an LLM in Germany.

Vladimir KLIMENKO
First Deputy Chairman of the Transport Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Mr. Klimenko was born in 1954.
He graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1976, his specialization was “historian, teacher of history and social science with knowledge of foreign language”. In 1997 he graduated from the All-Russian State Distance-Learning Institute of Finance and Economics with specialization of “economist”. Mr. Klimenko is a candidate of historical science.
Mr. Klimenko held positions of Director General of the LLP Information Sociological Agency, Director General of “MSU Analytic Center”, Assistant to the member of the Federal Assembly M.Luzhkov, Deputy Head of Domestic Policy Department of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, Deputy Head of Administration of the Irkutsk Region.
Before the election to the fifth State Duma he was Head of Department for Interaction with Federal and Regional Authorities of the RZD, JSC.   
Awarded with a Medal “For Railroads Development”, a Medal of the Order of “Merit for the Motherland” of the second class, a Medal “In honor of 850-th Anniversary of Moscow”.

Dmitry KOLOBOV
Project Manager
McKinsey & Company

Born in 1971.
He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (with specialization in Political Science and International Relations, Middle East and North Africa Countries) and London Business School (MBA, management and production management).
In 1992-2004 worked for Halliburton Oilfield Services (USA), «ProSport Consulting» (Russia), Deloitte (USA/Great Britain), «CentrInvest Group» (Russia).
Since 2004 he has been working for McKinsey & Company (Moscow Office), his specialization is business strategy and development, investment management, organizational development and operational transformation for energy sector companies (oil and gas extraction and refining, electrical energy industry) and transport – infrastructure sector and logistics (freight and passenger rail transportation, basic transport infrastructure, state technical, fiscal and industry sector regulation).

Elena KUNAEVA
General Director
Center for Brand Transport Service Russian Railways

Born in 1954.
Mrs. Kunaeva graduated from the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineering in 1976. She started her professional career at railway transport in 1978 as an economist in “Transorgmashuchet” Trust of the Ministry of Railways. Afterwards she held positions of Head of department of Data-processing Center of the Trust, Assistant Head of Main Data-processing Center of the Ministry of Railways of Russia. Since 1996 Mrs. Kunaeva has been working at the Transport Service Centre as Deputy General Director, Development Director. Currently she holds the position of General Director of the Transport Service Centre - structural division of Russian Railways, JSC.

Viktor KVITKO
Head of Department for Transport Regulations
Federal Tariff Service

Born in 1959.
Graduated from the Institute of Railway Transport in 1981 with a qualification of an engineer of railways.
In 1981-2003 Viktor Kvitko worked in the Ministry of Transport. Viktor Kvitko held different posts starting from an assistant of a station to the Head of Department for arrangement complex transportations.
In 2003-2004 worked in private-run companies specializing in complex transportations of containers (Far Eastern Sea Steamship Company, Fesco Logistics) Since 2004 till nowadays Viktor holds the post of the Head of Department for Transport Regulations of the Federal Tariff Service of Russia.

Boris LAPIDUS
Senior Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1947.
Graduated from All-Union Distance Learning Institute of Railway Engineers in Electrification, Railway Transport, Economics and Organization of Railway Transport. Professor, Doctor of Economy.
His career on the railways began in 1965 on Volga Railway in the position of locomotive operator assistant.
In 1981-1988 - Deputy Head, Head of Economics and Planning Department of Volga Railways; Head of Department of Economics, Technology and Planning, Saratov Branch of Volga Railways; Head of Department of Economics and Planning Volga Railways. 1988-1994 - Deputy Head of Volga Railways.
1994-2003 - Head of Department of Economics and Development, Ministry of Communications, Russian Federation; General Director of Centre of Proprietary Transport Servicing, Ministry of Communications, Russian Federation; Head of Department of Economics, Ministry of Communications; Head of Department of Economics, Ministry of Communications, Russian Federation; Member of the Board.
2003 – Head of Department of Economic Forecasting and Strategic Development, Russian Railways. 2003 - Vice-president of Russian Railways.
2005 - Senior Vice-President of JSC Russian Railways.

Vadim LAPIDUS
General Director
Center «Priority»

Born in 1944.
PhD, Academician of the Russian Academy of quality management.
The scope of professional interests include: ТQM, statistics methods of quality management, international standards ISO 9000 series, QA systems in automobile industry, (QS-9000, ISO 16949), standardization, certification. Has practical experience in the field of QA since 1975. Has been lecturing of problems of applying statistics methods of QM, on general QM, certification, standardization in the following schools: State University of Nizhniy Novgorod (RF, 1975-1985), Higher School of Economics (RF), Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa and Tel-Aviv University  (Israel, 1994), Tokyo and Keio Universities (Japan, 1994), Atlanta Technical College (USA, 1995), University of Naples (Italy, 1996, 1997), Seoul National University (South Korea, 1998). Has taken internship in Israel (1994), Great Britain (1997), France (1998, 1999). Participated and spoke at international conferences on QA held in Tokyo, Yokohama, Jerusalem, Seoul, Deli, Naples, Paris, etc. Mr. Lapidus has governed the development of state standard GOST R series 50779 on applying statistics methods. Is the Developer of GOST R series 51814 in the system SKA-9000 on QA system in automobile construction. Author and co-author of over 180 scientific publications

Dmitry LOSEV
Head of Department for Rolling Stock and Carriages
Russian Railways

Born in 1969.
In 1993 graduated from Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers. In 2005 graduated from Omsk State University of Roads and Communications.  
In 1993 worked as a В 1993 году – acceptance inspector of Inskoe railway car shed of Western Siberian Railway.
In 1994-1994 Dmitry Losev worked as inspector-mechanic at Inskoe railway car shed of Western-Siberian railway.
In 1995 Dmitry Losev held the post of a Deputy Head of  Inskoe railway car shed of Western-Siberian railway.
In 1995-1997 worked as chief engineer of railway car shed Leninsk-Kuznetsky-1 of Western-Siberian railway. In 2001 Dmitry Losev became Head of Department of Rolling Stock and Carriages of the Altai branch of West-Siberian railway. Since 2001 till 2003 worked as Chief Engineer of the Park of Rolling stock and carriages of West-Siberian railway. In 2003-2004 worked as chief engineer of the Department of Rolling Stock and Carriages of West Siberian railway, the branch of Russian Railways JSC. In 2004-2008 Dmitry Losev held the post of the Head of the Department for rolling stock and carriages of West-Siberian railway, a branch of Russian Railways JSC.
In 2008-2009 Dmitry Losev held the post of the First Deputy head of department for Rolling Stock and Carriages of Russian Railways JSC.
Since 2009 Dmitry holds the post of the Head of Department for Rolling Stock and carriages of Russian Railways JSC.

Alan LUSHNIKOV
Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Railroad Transport

Born in 1976.
In 1998 he graduated with honors from the Law Department of St. Petersburg State University.
Loushnikov has  been working in the Federal Agency for Railroad Transport since July 21, 2006; having started as an assistant of the Head of the  Federal Agency for Railroad Transport,  and from September 19, 2006 he assumed an office the Deputy Head of the agency.
Loushnikov is a board member of the Russian and Mongolian joint stock company “Ulan-Bator Railway”; he supervises the activities of the joint-stock company “Ulan-Bator Railway” company, organizes the work aimed at modernization of the Ulan-Bator railway and rise in its profitability, executing the corresponding instruction given by the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin.
Loushnikov is awarded with a lapel badge “Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education”, and he received the acknowledgement from the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

Sergey MALTSEV
Chief Executive Officer
Globaltrans Group,
Chairman of the
Non-Profit Partnership «Association of Railway Services Providers»

He got a Degree in Railway Engineering in 1983. After graduation Mr. Maltsev served in the USSR Army (Military Railway Service). In 1992 he resigned with the rank of a major. Then from 1993 till 1997 Mr. Maltsev worked for Petra CJSC as Head of Transportation Department and from 1997 till 1999 he held the same position at PromSnab LLC. From 1999 till 2007 he worked as Advisor to the Director-General of MMK-Trans LLC. In 2006 by the order of the RF Ministry of Transport Mr. Maltsev was awarded a decoration “Honorary Railwayman” for his great contribution into the development of railway transport. Since 2007 Mr. Maltsev has also held the position of Advisor to the Director-General of the New Forwarding Company.Since March 2008 Mr. Maltsev has been Executive Member of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of Globaltrans Group. In July 2009 Mr. Maltsev was elected Chairman of the Non-Profit Partnership “Association of Railway Services Providers” formed by independent forwarding companies operating in the Russian railroad market.

Vladimir MATYUSHIN
Vice President
Non-commercial partnership "Union of Industries of Railway Equipment"

Vladimir Matyushin graduated from Moscow Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.
From 1998 till 2007 worked as the Head of Department of Certification of the Federal Railway Transport
From December  2007 till nowadays holds the post of Vice President of the Non-Commercial partnership “Union of Industries of Railway Equipment”.
Holds a Candidate`s degree in technical sciences, professor.

Leonid MAZO
Expert
Transbasis

Born in 1948.
Graduated from the faculty of  Engineering and Economics of Moscow State University of Railway Engineering in 1971, graduated from a postgraduate course of VNIIZT in 1977. In 1971-2008 worked for VNIIZT and held the posts of a trainee, junior, senior and leading researcher, head of laboratory, Head of economics department, Head of Financial department, Deputy Director and Advisor to the Director of the Research Institute.  During the period of his work at VNIIZT on the post of Deputy Director of Financial Department Leonid Mazo held the post of a Chairman of Scientific Council of the Ministry of Transport for Economics and Management, Scientific and Exert Council of the Ministry of Transport of Russia. Leonid Mazo also taught at VNIIZT and Moscow State University of Railway Engineering.  Was awarded a medal for the outstanding public service for the Motherland. Leonid Mazo holds a Doctor`s Degree in Economic Sciences. He is an author of 143 publications, including a monography and several books on the economics of international transportations and strategic management on the railway transport.

Alexander MISHARIN
Director of Department for Industry and Infrastructure
Government of the Russian Federation

Graduated from the Ural electromechanical institute of engineers of the railway transport as a specialist in electrification of the railway transport and from the Ural state university of communications as a specialist in economy and management at the enterprise. The Candidate of Economic Science. Since 1981 had worked in various power supply services on the Sverdlovsk railway. Since 1991 till 1998 - the chief of the power supply service, the chief engineer of the Sverdlovsk railway. Since 1998 till 2002 - the assistant, the first deputy minister of communications of the Russian Federation. Since 2002 till 2004 - the chief of the Sverdlovsk railway. Since 2004 – the director of Department of complex development of the infrastructure of the Ministry of transportation and communication of the Russian Federation. Since June, 2004 - the deputy minister of transportation of the Russian Federation. Since March 2009 – the Director of Department for Industry and Infrastructure of Government of the Russian Federation.

Vadim MOROZOV
First Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1954.
In 1977 graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers, railway engineer on railway maintenance, Candidate of Science (Engineering).
His career was started in 1971 as a millwright of the Volhovstroy-1 locomotive depot of the Oktyabrskaya railway. After the graduation from the institute he continued his work at the railway. He held an appointment from the switching foreman to the railway head.
In 1998 he was Deputy Chairman of the legislative assembly of the Leningrad Region.
Since 1998 until 1999 and since 2000 until 2002 - First Deputy of the South-East and Moscow railway correspondingly.
Since May, 1999 until May, 2000 - Deputy Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation, since 2002 until 2003 - First Deputy Minister, since November, 2003 until June, 2004 - Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation.
Since July, 2004 - Executive Director of the Blagosostoianie (welfare) private pensionary fund.
On August, 17, 2005 he was appointed the First Vice-President of the Russian Railways.

Andrey NEDOSEKOV
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation

Mr. Nedosekov was born in 1960.
He graduated from the plant - institute of higher technical education Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute, has higher education.
He started his working career in 1979 at Krasnoyarsk machine building plant. From 1984 he held leading positions at various enterprises of the Krasnoyarsk region. From 2000 until 2006 he was Deputy Director General for Economic Security, Director General of JSC Bamtunnelstroy. In 2006-2007 Mr. Nedosekov held position of Director General of JSC Roszheldorstroy. In 2007 he was Deputy Director of Department for Economic and Investment of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Director of Department for Development Programs of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. Since 2008 Mr. Nedosekov is Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

Marina NIKIFOROVA
Director of the Management Consulting Department
Agency for Direct Investments

In 2003 graduated from the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, specializing in Economics and Corporate Management (Construction). PhD in Technical Sciences. Certified specialist in project management under IPMA standard. Member of the Russian Project Management Association – SOVNET.
Possesses an experience of working in construction, investment and railway industries.
Since 2006 works for the Agency for Direct Investments. At present is at the head of the Management Consulting Department. Expert-methodologist in strategic management and corporate restructuring, business-process regulation, project management, investment activities systems improvement, etc. A lecturer in the State Academy for Investment Sphere, International Law Institute, Moscow State University of Railway Engineering.

Dmitry NIKITIN
General Director
Group EUROSIB

Born in 1971.
In 1993 graduated from St.Petersburg Railway University, Masters Degree in Traffic Logistics and Transport Management.
With EUROSIB since 1997.
Career: export sales manager, head of new business department, deputy marketing director, deputy general director, general director EUROSIB SPB, General Director Group EUROSIB.

Alexander OVANESOV
Partner
Strategy Partners

In 1997 he graduated from Moscow International Financial Banking School, by specialization of trust operations.
In 1994 he graduated from Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (Technical University), the Department of applied mathematics.
The main fields of the company’s activity are the improvement of organizational patterns and management systems, corporate strategy development, the construction of holding and integrated structures.
Mr. Ovanesov is Vice-president of the Guild of Investment and Financial Analysts of Russia, before this he was Vice-president of the Association of Technical Analysts of Russia. Now he also holds the position of Member of Board of Directors of EKSMO Group of Companies.

Gennady PETRAKOV
Head
Federal Agency for Railway Transport

Born in 1954.
In 1991 he graduated from the All-Union Corresponding Institute of Railway Engineering.
From 1973 until 2008 he was holding engineering and executive positions at North Railway enterprises. In 2002 he became Head of the Vologda Department of the North Railway – part of RZD. In August 2008 he was appointed Head of the Federal Agency for Railway Transport.
He has state and departmental awards. A title of “Honored Worker of Transport” was awarded to Mr. Petrakov with an edict of the President of the Russian Federation.

Vyacheslav PETRENKO
Head of the Department of Cargo Transportation and Tariff Policy Marketing
Russian Railways

Born in 1964.
In 1968 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.
Occupation: Railway transportation management.
Qualification: Engineer of communications routes in railway transportation management.
He obtains PhD in technical science.
From 1992 to 1998 he worked at the Octyabrskaya Railway where he occupied posts of foreman of the Leningrad-sortirovochnaya station, deputy head of the Cargo and Commercial Work Department of the St. Petersburg division, deputy head of the Marketing, Contract, Tariffs and Prices Department of the Cargo and Commercial Work Service, deputy head of the Cargo and Commercial Work Service, head of the Traveling Center for Trademark Transportation Services.
From 1998 to 2003 he worked at the Ministry of Communication Routes of the Russian Federation, occupied the position of deputy director general of the Center for Trademark Transportation Services.
From 2003 he has been working for Russian Railways where he held the posts of first deputy director general of the Center for Trademark Transportation Services, deputy director general on marketing of the Center for Trademark Transportation Services.
From May 7, 2008, he has been head of the Department of Cargo Transportation and Tariff Policy Marketing of Russian Railways.

Vladimir PROKOFIEV
President
Assosiation of Carriers and Operators of Rolling-Stock,
General Director
BaltTransService

Born in 1948.
He graduated from the Otrozhsk Railway Technical College and then the All-Union Corresponding Institute of Railway Transport Engineers – the Department of Economy Management of the Marxism-Leninism University.
In 1989 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers with the qualification of Transportation Process Management. He worked head of the Olenegorsk railway station and, at last, head of the Murmansk railway station.
In the middle of the 1990s he took the lead of a facility of the Oktyabrskaya railway.
Today Vladimir Prokofiev is Director General of OOO BaltTransService.

Valery RESHETNIKOV
Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1952.
In 1975 he graduated from Leningrad Electronic Technical Institute by profession of system design engineer.
His career started at 1975. He worked as engineer at different organizations in Leningrad.
In 1985–1987 – he worked in the trade representation of the USSR in Norway.
He has solid practical experience of work at executive positions in commercial organizations and banks of St. Petersburg.
At 2002 he was appointed Head of the Economic Security Department of Ministry of Railways of Russia, since October 2003 – Head of Security Department of Russian Railways.
Since 2005 he was advisor to President of Russian Railways.
In March, 2007 he was appointed Corporate Governance Vice-president and member of Executive Board of the Company

Alexander RETYUNIN
Editor-in-Chief
RZD-Partner Magazine

Member of St-Petersburg Union of Journalists, honorary academician of International Academy of Transport. Awarded as “Honored railman”, named medal “For civil position in the RF transport sector covering in mass media”.

Zhanar RYMZHANOVA
Senior Banker
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Has graduated from the Kazakh Academy of Management, speciality: economy, and graduated from the University of Georgetown, WDC.
In 2001 she had a position of the Senior Business Adviser of the Transport Sector of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Since 2002 – Senior and Chief Banker of the Transport Sector of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Since 2008 – Member of the Board of Directors of JSC TransContainer.

Yury SAAKYAN
General Director
Research Institute of Natural Monopolies

Graduated from the Moscow State University, department of mechanic and mathematics.
Moscow State University
Until 1991 he was engaged in scientific work.
Since 1991 held executive posts in different commercial companies.
Since May, 1, 2005 up to the present he’s been Chief Executive Officer of Research Institute of Natural Monopolies.

Vladimir SALAMATOV
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Vladimir Salamatov graduated from Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University in 1980. He graduated from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 1998.
In 2004- 2006 Vladimir Salamatov held the post of Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Control and Audit of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russia
Since January 2006 hold the post of the Head of Department for Investment and Innovative Policy of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russia
In July 2007 he was appointed Head of Department of State Industrial Policy of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russia
In June 2008 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

Sergey SALIKOV
General Director
ANCOR

Born in 1964.
In 1992 he graduated from the Far Eastern State Maritime Academy as engineer-navigator.
In 1985-1994 he interned and worked for various commercial fleet vessels.
In 1994 Sergei became ANCOR’s regional representative in the Far East. In 1995 he was appointed the director of ANCOR’s subsidiary company in Vladivostok. In 1998 he bought ANCOR’s Vladivostok subdivision and signed a franchise agreement with the head company. In 1999 and 2000 he was engaged in forming ANCOR’s Eastern division. During these years Salikov opened subsidiary companies in Irkutsk and Khabarovsk. In 2004 he took these three offices and joined the newly-created holding. In 2004-2007 Sergei worked in the holding’s Managing company as the Director of Regional Development. In 2007 he became Vice-president for Business Development. On September 15, 2008 he was appointed the General Manager by the Board of Directors.

Alexander SAPRONOV
General Director
Independent Transport Company

Graduated from The All-Union Law Correspondence Institute in 1980 and from The Russian Academy of Management in 1992. In 2007 he gained MBA in the State University - Higher School of Economics.
1994-1995 – Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on the Antimonopoly Policy and New Economic Structures Support. 1995-2001 – President of the Russian World Company. 2001-2005 – Vice President, First Vice President of the Yukos RM. From 2005 until 2007 he held position of the Vice President of the NK Rosneft. Нe also held position of the Deputy Director General for Strategy and Corporate Development of the Freight One. He was appointed General Director of the Independent Transport Company in February, 2009.

Alexander SHIMANSKY
General Director
Morcenter-TEK

Born in 1960.
Graduated from the Far Eastern Engineer College with a qualification of an engineer of  the water transport.
In 1983-1998 Alexander Shimansky worked in Vladivostok sea trade port on different positions.  
Since 1998 Alexander Shimansky works in CJSC Morcenter -TEK.
Since 2005 Alexander Shimansky holds the post of General Director of CJSC Morcenter-TEK and he post of General Director of the Representative office of the Association of sea trade ports.

Vladimir SHNEYDMULLER
Technical Director
Transmashholding

Born in 1948
Graduated from Omsk Institute of Railway Engineers (now Omsk State Transport University) as a specialist in electrification of railway transport.
1966: driver’s assistant in Pavlodar Railways department (Kazakhstan);
1977: chief of Pavlodar Railways department;
1977 - 2001: chief engineer and first deputy staff general director of Kazakhstan Railways;
2002: first vice-minister of transport and communications in Kazakhstan;
2003: industry, trade and small-scale business support department director in Pavlodar Region, deputy general director for transport logistics for National Company KazMunaiGas;
2003 - 2005: DALA GROUP general director advisor;
Oct. 2005 - now: Transmashholding technical director.

Harm SIEVERS
Port Manager
Port of Sassnitz

Born in 1961.
His ancestors where seagoing people for many generations. Went to the sea for the first time in 1977 coastal services in the Baltic Sea. Apprenticeship for deep sea operations with Hamburg Sued shipping company. General cargo vessels, container ships. Attended University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg (seafaring course). Degree: deep sea shipping captain. Involved in land-based port business since 1990. Terminal operations, port management. Heavily involved in the development of Russian industry, logistics and ports since 1992. Managing director of Faehrhafen Sassnitz GmbH since 2004.

Alexander SINEV
Deputy Head of Transport Control Department
Federal Tariff Service

Mr. Sinev was born in 1973.
In 1996 he graduated from the St. Petersburg University of Railway Communication with specialization of engineer of transportation organization and management of railway transport. In  1992 he graduated from the East European Institute of Psychoanalysis with specialization of psychologist- psychoanalyst. Between 1992 and 1996 he both studied and practiced in various specializations of passenger and freight railway transportation.
He graduated from the St. Petersburg University of  Railway Communication with honors. From 1996 until 1998 Mr. Sinev worked at the Road Center for premium transport service of the Octyabrskaya railway as leading engineer of the Department for Marketing and Tariff-analytical Department.
From 1998 until 2003 he was leading specialist, Head of Information-analytical Department of Eurosib-Transport Systems Company, Head of Marketing Department of Eurosib Group of Companies.
In 2003-2004 Mr. Sinev held position of Adviser to Head of Center for premium transport service of the Ministry of Railway Communication of the Russian Federation, Deputy Head of Department for Economics, Finance and Investment Policy of the Ministry of Railway Communication of the Russian Federation.
In 2004-2005 he worked as Deputy Head of Office for Infrastructure and Transportation of the Federal Agency for Railway Transport.
Since November 2005 he has been Deputy Head of Transport Control Department Federal Tariff Service.

Ermolay SOLZHENITSYN
Partner
McKinsey & Company, Moscow

He graduated from Oriental languages faculty of Harvard University (USA).
He took master's degree on economics and foreign relations in Princeton University (USA).
He is married and has two children.
His career in McKinsey Company has started in 1998. Before it he lived and worked in China and Taiwan for some years.
He is one of the heads of McKinsey International Expert Group on mineral mining industry. He participates actively in the international projects of McKinsey on development of new approaches to business improvement for the companies of mineral mining industry.
He has solid experience of projects implementation for the enterprises in metallurgic, oil and gas and aircraft industry in the area of strategy, production activity, issues of management and sales.

Kirill SOKOLOV
Deputy Head of Legal Department
Russian Railways

Born in 1981.
Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Works in Russian Railways since 2003. His current position is Deputy Head of Legal Department of Russian Railways.

Vladimir SOSIPATOROV
Deputy Director General for Commerce
Freight one company

Graduated from Moscow Oil and Gas Institute, Moscow State University.
Since 1995 to 2007 held various key positions at JSC Russian Railways.
Since 2007 headed Commercial Department at JSC Freight one company.

Yan TAVROVSKY
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Head of Investment Banking Department in Russia & CIS 
Morgan Stanley Bank

MBA degree London Business School, Graduated from the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics.
Since 1998 Yan worked in London, first in the credit and ratings advisory group at Goldman Sachs International and then in the leveraged finance group at J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. In 2004 held an appointment of the Head of the Corporate Clients and Capital Markets Department at JPMorgan Bank International. In November 2005, Yan Tavrovsky moved to OOO Morgan Stanley Bank’s Debt Capital Markets Department. In April 2009, he was appointed the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Head of Investment Banking for Russia and CIS at OOO Morgan Stanley Bank.

Valery VEREMEEV
Chief of the Department of Corporate Constructing and Reforming
Russian Railways

Born in 1976.
In 1998 graduated from the Moscow State University of Rail Transport and in 2004 - the Russian Academy of Public Service.
2001 – 2002 - Expert of the department of foreign investments in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation
Since 2002 has been working in the rail sector. In July of 2006 was appointed Chief of the department of corporate constructing and reforming of Russian Railways.

Alexey VOROTILKIN
Vice President
Russian Railways

Born in 1961.
In 1988 he graduated from the Irkutsk Institute of Railway Engineers, majoring in Railway Electrification.
In 1978-1979 he worked as electrician at the distance of alarm and communication Korshunikha – Angarskaya. In May 1979 he was called up for military service in Soviet Army. After he finished military service in 1981 he worked at the locomotive depot Korshunikha, where he sequentially held positions of tool-maker, assistant to electric locomotive operator, operator, operator – instructor, chief engineer and head of depot.  
Simultaneously he studied in Irkutsk Institute of Transport Engineers by correspondence. In 1997 he became head of depot of Lena st., a year later he became chief inspector for traffic security and deputy head of railroad department. In 1999 he was transferred to the East Siberian Railroad Office to the position of chief inspector for traffic security of trains at North Baikal section of the East Siberian Railway.   
In October 2000 Mr. Vorotilkin held position of First Deputy Chief of Locomotive Office, in less than a year he became chief inspector  for train traffic security and Deputy Head of the East Siberian Railway. In October 2002 he became Deputy Head for locomotive and carriage facilities and power supply of the East Siberian Railway.
In September 2005 he was appointed Head of the East Siberian Railway.
In June 2008 he was appointed Vice President of Russian Railways.

Vladimir YAKUNIN
President
Russian Railways

Born in 1948.
Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Mechanics as a Mechanical Engineer in 1972 and began his career as a junior research scientist at the State Institute of Applied Chemistry. After completing military service in the Soviet Army, he worked as an engineer and senior engineer at the Administration of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Foreign Trade and was also head of department at the A. F. Yoffe Physics and Technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Between 1985 and 1991, he was Second and then First Secretary of the USSR’s Permanent Representative Office at the United Nations. He was then Chairman of the Board at the International Centre for Business Cooperation before becoming head of the North-Western Federal District Inspectorate of the Senior Control Department of the President of the Russian Federation. In October 2000 - Deputy Minister of Transport and first Deputy Minister of Railways in February 2002. In October 2003, the Board of Russian Railways unanimously appointed Yakunin First Vice-President of the Company.
Vladimir Yakunin was appointed president of Russian Railways by the Government of the Russian Federation in June 2005.